Improvement in cider-mills



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No.181,83'9. Patented Sept.5,18'?6.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE."

JOHN THOMAS GRIFFIN, OF GRANT, TENNESSEE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CIDER-MILLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,839, datedSeptember 5,1876; application filed May 27, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN THOMAS GRIFFIN,

v of Grant, in the county of Smith and State nection with drawing, andthen pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a section of the cider-mill, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the revolvin gdrum,which is geared with the hand-crank by thepinion B and wheel 0, and is armed with teeth, for which I prefer to usenailsfor a cheap machine. E is the hopper, being a straight board, whichis arranged on a steep incline, with its lower toothed portion under thecylinder, and being supported by a spring, F, which keeps itsufficiently close to the cylinder, and allows it to spring back. G is aregulator to the spring, worked by a screw, H, and hand-crank forsetting it, as required. M is a perforated crib, resting on platform N,in which the. juice is expressed from the crushed fruit by a followeroperated by a lever hooked under yoke O, and prevented from driving theyoke together by bar Q. S is a folding table, arranged in connectionwith the hopper for holding the material to be treated while being fedinto the machine. It is made to fold out of the Way, for convenience instorage and in moving the machine about.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The yoke 0, platform N, and crib M, combined with thegrinding cylinder and hopper, substantially as specified.

JOHN THOMAS GRIFFIN.

Witnesses ROBERT BRADLEY, AZRA GRIFFIN.

